Tennessee

Nashville loves a shiny new opening, but one of its most dependable burger stops was already serving neighbors…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 29

Some restaurants hide dessert at the bottom of the menu, but the best Tennessee diners put the sweets…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 29

Late-night breakfast fans, here is a small plot twist: the most famous Hermitage near Nashville closes its gates…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 29

Some lunch spots never bothered to change, and that is exactly why people keep coming back. In downtown…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 29

Johnson City has plenty of places to grab a meal, but only one of them keeps a vintage…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 29

Chess pie is one of the South’s simplest desserts, usually just eggs, butter, and sugar in a flaky…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 29

Some of the best meals in Tennessee happen at the end of a two-lane road, and plenty of…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 28

Tennessee has plenty of fancy restaurants, but some of the best meals in the state still come out…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 28

Some of the best pancakes in Tennessee get ordered at 4 in the afternoon, and nobody at the…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 28

Some Nashville restaurants chase every new trend, but one spot on the city’s north side has spent about…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 28

Some Memphis breakfasts come with more than a hundred years of history attached. On a downtown street, one…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 28

Gatlinburg has plenty of places to eat breakfast, yet one log building keeps drawing a line that can…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 28

Some sandwiches are just lunch, and some are family traditions that get passed down like old photo albums.…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 27

Chain pizza is easy to find off any Tennessee interstate, but the Cumberland Plateau still has small-town pizza…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 27

Some of the best fried chicken in Tennessee isn’t served at a sit-down restaurant with cloth napkins, but…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 27

Nashville has a breakfast spot where nobody gets a private table, and nobody seems to mind. A party…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 27

Some Memphis hangouts get polished up, rebranded, and forgotten, but one old building on South Main Street has…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 27

Plenty of restaurants chase trends, but one Knoxville, Tennessee, favorite has spent decades doing the opposite, and locals…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 27

The Great Smoky Mountains pull in hikers, scenic drivers, and wildlife watchers all year, and every one of…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 26

Some roadside stops blend into the scenery, while others hang on to a 1959 attitude no matter how…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 26

Somewhere in Chattanooga, a round table is spinning, and it has been spinning for longer than many of…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 26

Some Memphis lunch habits are simple: find a table, order the chicken, and repeat for years. Downtown, there…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 26

Some restaurants chase a new trend every season, and some just keep the griddle going. In downtown Knoxville,…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 26

Some of the best lunches in Tennessee are not served in restaurants at all. They come from the…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 26

A good hamburger steak does not need a fancy name, a long menu description, or a big-city address.…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 25

Fried bologna might be the most honest sandwich in Tennessee, since it is just a thick slice of…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 25

Some of the best food in Tennessee comes wrapped in wax paper and costs less than a fancy…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 25

On a busy Saturday in Chattanooga, the line at one small North Shore shop can stretch clear out…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 25

In Tennessee, a big Sunday plate of fried chicken, turkey and dressing, greens, and cobbler does not have…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 25

Tennessee takes its gravy seriously, and nowhere is that clearer than on a plate of chicken-fried steak at…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 25

Some burger stands chase trends, and some just keep the grill going for more than half a century.…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 24

A headline about Brunswick stew and a cafe stool sets up a certain expectation, so here is the…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 24

There was a time when the town pharmacist knew your name, your kids, and exactly when your refill…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 24

Tennessee has plenty of fancy burgers, but the ones people keep coming back for are often pressed thin…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 24

Somewhere on the east side of Knoxville sits a two-story house that trades in soft serve, flavored milks,…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 24

Some coffee shops fill a corner. This one fills an entire city block in a small Tennessee college…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 24

Boiled peanuts are one of the South’s simplest road snacks, and Tennessee has plenty of roadside spots keeping…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 23

Some restaurants earn a loyal following by keeping things simple and generous, and one small-town Tennessee spot has…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 23

Chocolate gravy poured over a warm biscuit is one of those Tennessee breakfast traditions that a lot of…

By Caleb Whitaker · Sep 23